5 climbers missing on Mount Kanchenjunga, world’s 3rd highest peak

By The Associated Press

Posted May 24, 2013 01:45:29 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

KATHMANDU, Nepal – A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world’s third highest mountain.

The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp.

Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to have slipped at 7,900 metres altitude.

Two climbers are Hungarian, two are Nepalese and another is Korean.

Kanchenjunga is 8,586 metres high.

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